Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Diam: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim; exterior fire-polished; cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.659
Not on View
DescriptionThis shallow hemispherical bowl is made of natural greenish-yellow glass. It has an upright rim with a rounded edge that slopes outward, a smoothly curving convex side, and a convex bottom. Two narrow horizontal grooves are cut inside the bowl below the rim, while two lightly abraded horizontal grooves encircle the lower exterior. The bowl was formed by sagging and finished with rotary-polishing on the interior and rim top, fire-polishing on the exterior, and cutting on both surfaces.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 216, p. 205.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
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